Syed Hamid Albar What, in particular, are Malaysia's primary foreign policy
priorities for the coming years? SYED: We want to maintain strong bilateral
relations with all countries because we can only break into new trading markets
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He opened the pandora's box on the Allah debacle in 2009 and now risks repeating his father's folly and perhaps motivate Sabah and Sarawak to claim independence from Malaysia
In politics, timing is everything and the timing for the Allah verdict must be considered a God-send. The people who claimed that there are no smart officials or that civil servants lack team spirit, are wrong.

AT a lunch meeting with 500 taxi drivers early this year, the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said there are over 37,000 taxis in the Klang Valley. In comparison, New York City with a much larger population has only 13,000 taxis.